Improvement in breastpins



LORENZO SAUTER, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT lN BREASTPINS.

Speeiication forming part of LettersPatent No. 58,894, dated Octoberlo', 1866.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Beit known that I, LORENZO SAUTER, of Jersey City, in the county' ofHudsoh and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Breastpins and similar articles, and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, makin g a part of thisspeciiication, in which- Figure l is a plan or top view of a breastpinconstructed according to my invention, on a greatly-enlarged scale. Fig.2 is a central transverse section taken on a line at right angles toFig. 1, and also on an enlarged scale.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in bothgures.-

The object of this invention is to enable a breastpin, bracelet, button,ear-ring, or other piece of jewelry, or article of similar character, topresent the appearance of being made of solid metal, and at the sametime be capable oi1 being so manipulated thatV precious stones,miniatures, hair, or other ornaments secured within the body of thebreastpin or other article may be exposed to 'view' when desired a-nd itconsists in the combination, with a body containing such ornaments, of acentrally-pivoted shield provided with openings, whereby the desiredobject is very ett'ectually accomplished. The invention further consistsin a novel means of securing` the convenient and proper adjustment ofthe ccntrally-pivoted shield with reference to the openings in theaforesaid body ofthe breastpin or other article.

To enable others to understand the nature and construction of myinvention, I will prof ceed to describe it with reference to the draw'-ings.

The body ofthe breastpin is shown atA, aii'd to the back thereofl may beattached a hook or other suitable device for securing it to the garmentor to the person. This body A is made hollow, as shown more clearly inFig. 2, and is furnished at its front or forward side with a sespheroidal projection, b, in the sides of which is formed a series ot'openings, a. Placed in the body A, immediately underneath the openn ingsa a', are any suitable or desired ornaments, such, for instance, asprecious stones or miniatures, or the said ornaments may consist ofhair, as shown at c and c, either braided or arranged in any suitablemanner. These ornaments, being placed under the aforesaid openings a a',are exposed to view when the said openings are uncovered, as will bepresently more fully set forth.

B indicates a shield or cover, which correspends in shape with the frontside or surface of the body A, and has its center formed into a cap, d,which is litted upon the semi-spheroidal project-ion b, as shown moreplainly in Fig. 2. rlhe shield B is provided with holes or openings c,which correspond in number, size, and shape with the openings a,andsituated at points on the said shield corresponding with the positionof the aforesaid openings ct in the body A. In like manner the cap d isfurnished with the openings e', which correspond with the openings a inthe hollow semi-spheroidal projection d. Secured centrally in the innerside of the cap d is an inn wardly -projecting pivot or arbor, c', whichpasses through a suitable hole or bearing in the apex of the projectionb and through a similar hole in the back of the said body, as at g. Theextremity of the arbor c projects beyond the saidbaclr of the body A,and has a small key, j", passed transversely through it, which preventsthe arbor c from slipping out of its bearings, and consequently retainsthe shield B in place. f represents small spurs or studs, which projectfrom the back of the body A, and which act as stops to prevent the arborc', and consequently the shield B, from being turned too far around, aswill be presently fully explained.

The shield B is thus rendered capable of being turned around upon acentral axis, thus enabling the openings c c thereof to be brought overor opposite the openings a a' ofthe body A, and thus expose to view thehair c, or other ornaments placed within the body A, under the openingthereof, or be brought over the space between the said openings, so thatthe openings last mentioned will be closed or covered by the metalbetween the openings in the shield B.

By bringing the openings in the shield B .opposite those in the body A,and thus uncov:

erin g the ornaments contained in the said body, as j ust set forth, thebreastpin or other article embodying the principle ot' the invention maybe made to present the full ornamental appear-v the studsf when theshield is turned into one position or -the other, the said studs thusacting as stops to confine the movement of the shield Within properlimits, and thus insure ease and facility in covering and uncovering"the openings a in .the body A, as hereinbefore set forth.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The centrally-pivoted shield B, furnished with openings, as described,and combined with the body A, provided with suitable orna- A ments,substantially as herein set forth, for the purpose specied.

LORENZO SAUTER.

Witnesses:

J. W. OooMBs, G. XV. REED.

